tayarndt@techopolis.social
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Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@mikedoise The impossible loop: Meta support tells you to create a new account → Their systems immediately suspend it → Appeals require inaccessible CAPTCHAs → Support says they can't help.
I really think this is about screen readers because I know others who haven't had this problem. Their automated systems seem to flag screen reader navigation patterns as bot behavior. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@mikedoise The pattern is clear: Meta's automated systems are flagging assistive technology usage as violations - "fake account," "account integrity," "Community Standards."
This happens regardless of:
• Browser (Safari vs Firefox)
• Screen reader (VoiceOver vs NVDA)
• Following Meta support instructions exactly
• Being Meta Verified
• Professional credentials (I'm COO at Techopolis LLC, iOS developer) -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@mikedoise January 21 (this morning): Set up taylorarndttech profile using Firefox + NVDA like Meta support told me. Followed 2-3 people carefully. Posted no content.
Within hours: Suspended AGAIN for "Our technology found that your account doesn't meet our Community Standards."
Contacted Meta support again today. Agent said they can't help, can't work across teams, told me to report through Instagram. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@mikedoise January 20 evening: Contacted Meta Verified support, explained everything. Their recommendation? Create ANOTHER account. They specifically told me to use NVDA with Firefox instead of VoiceOver with Safari - thought maybe different assistive technology wouldn't trigger their systems.
So I created taylorarndttech following their exact instructions last night. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@mikedoise @AccessOn @nationsblind Later January 19: Created taylor.e.arndt thinking maybe I'd start fresh since that old 2021 account wasn't really me anymore anyway. Same verification process, same CAPTCHA issues. Suspended within 2 hours.
I appealed and got back in. Next morning (Jan 20) around 8:30am: Suspended again. Permanently. "You cannot appeal anymore."
Spent all day trying to find solutions. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@AccessOn @mikedoise @nationsblind Later January 19: Created taylor.e.arndt thinking maybe I'd start fresh since that old 2021 account wasn't really me anymore anyway. Same verification process, same CAPTCHA issues. Suspended within 2 hours.
I appealed and got back in. Next morning (Jan 20) around 8:30am: Suspended again. Permanently. "You cannot appeal anymore."
Spent all day trying to find solutions. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.@mikedoise January 19: Tried to access Threads with my Instagram (taylorarndt22). Immediately suspended, required CAPTCHA. Audio CAPTCHA was there but didn't work properly with VoiceOver - kept saying "incorrect" even when I typed it right. Got sighted help to pass it, then required selfie. Uploaded legitimate photo.
One hour later: "This account has been permanently disabled for being fake."
I'm not fake. I'm Meta Verified. -
Good morning @nationsblind @AccessOn and @jonathanmos I hope everyone there is having a wonderful week.This is more urgent than UI bugs - Meta's systems are systematically suspending blind users from Threads for using assistive technology.
I've been trying to access Threads for 3 days. Every account gets suspended within hours, regardless of which screen reader or browser I use. This is what happened: